The Holden EK is a 4-door sedan / 5-door station wagon / 2-door coupé utility / 2-door panel van from Holden, built from 1961 to 1962, in the decade that gave the world the pony car and the mid-engined supercar. Under the bonnet: 2.3L GMH '138' I6. Alf Payze drew it.
How it came about
The Holden EK series is a motor vehicle produced by Holden in Australia from 1961 to 1962. Introduced on 2 May 1961, the EK series was a facelifted version of the Holden FB, which it replaced.
The hardware
Power comes from 2.3L GMH '138' I6. It weighs 2471 . It shifts through a 3-speed manual / 3-speed automatic. The layout matters: a front engine drives the rear wheels, the classic proportion — long bonnet, cabin set back — that most people picture when they picture a sports saloon or a grand tourer. The wheelbase is 105.0 inches (2667 mm). These are manufacturer figures carried by Wikipedia and Wikidata, not road-test measurements.
Family and rivals
Its family tree is legible: it took over from the Holden FB; its successor was the Holden EJ. Its contemporaries in the catalogue — the Volvo P1800, the Jaguar E-Type, the Alfa Romeo Giulia — show what else the money bought that year. Its Holden stablemates include the Holden 48-215 and the Holden Adventra.
What it costs now
There is no federal ownership record for the Holden EK — it predates the complaint database or was never sold in the United States — so MotorJury publishes no running-cost figure for it. For a car of this age the price is set by the collector market and the condition of the individual example, not by a formula.